If you’re driving along the highway in Florida sometime soon, you may find the roadside dotted with the blooms of thousands of flowers. But they aren’t just eye candy. These flowers are intended to ...

When you think of nature, you might not think of your backyard, but right outside your back door is where nature starts. One way to help nature is to make sure the yard supports those important ...

In July 2022, monarch butterflies were red listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, designating them an endangered species. Without a combination of nectar plants for food and the ...

Winter doesn’t have to mean a lifeless garden or a silent backyard. Even when frost creeps in and most plants retreat, some ...

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? These lesser-known, but equally industrious insects not ...

As efforts to combat the decline of native pollinators have risen, organizations around the country have helped create “pathways” to help pollinators thrive and educate the public about how they can ...

Pollinators -- such as bees, butterflies and birds -- are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and ...

For more than 40 years, Arthur Shapiro, a distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, has counted butterflies at the same 10 spots in California. His sites span an elevation range ...